Though thrilling in spots, this spy caper doesn’t have enough action.
STEVE STEWARD

When it comes to spy agencies, Americans are typically familiar with four: the CIA, the old KGB, Britain’s Ml6, and Israel’s Mossad. This last is known for general badassery, a reputation built on shrewd intelligence and sw...

The Last Station has two Oscar nods, but it ain't Tolstoy.
KRISTIAN LIN

When he died, Leo Tolstoy was basically an old hippie. Immensely rich and famous from authoring War and Peace and Anna Karenina, the Russian count had turned his considerable energy to social causes and essays delineating his i...

The show must go on, says The Queen, an excellent account of a monarchy in crisis.
Kristian Lin

Honestly, I can’t imagine what British people must feel watching The Queen. The movie evokes the flood tide of emotions that washed over the U.K. in 1997: the surge of hope that accompanied Tony Blair’s election, the crushi...